This is a note to Clinton Democrats—a desperate plea, actually. Your candidate staged a winning convention in Philadelphia: big stars, tight messaging, and a compelling case against her rival, Donald Trump.The Republican nominee followed up by smearing a war hero’s family, revealing his ignorance about Russia’s incursions into...

The Republican presidential nominee has suggested he would consider recognizing Russia’s claims in Crimea. Critics slammed Trump’s comment, saying it would mark a policy flip on the internationally-condemned annexation. …read more Source:...

The Republican presidential nominee has suggested he would consider recognizing Russia’s claims in Crimea. Critics slammed Trump’s comment, saying it would mark a policy flip on the internationally-condemned annexation. …read more Source: Deutsche...

Poland’s Jakub Blaszczykowski celebrates after scoring a goal against Ukraine during Euro 2016 at Stade Velodrome, in Marseille, on Tuesday, June 21, 2016. Photo: Reuters BERLIN: Wolfsburg have signed Poland midfielder Jakub Blaszczykowski from Borussia Dortmund on a three-year contract, the Bundesliga side confirmed on Monday. The...

Donald Trump campaign Chair Paul Manafort denied Sunday a two-week-old report that the campaign pushed for changes in the Republican platform that softened the party’s stance on helping Ukraine defend itself against Russian aggression. Asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” by host Chuck Todd about his involvement in changing the...

U.S. and Ukrainian troops will join Baltic allies for two weeks of artillery drills in Lithuania from Tuesday. Military drills by NATO allies in Eastern Europe and the Baltic have increased in significance since Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, shocking many former Communist states by how quickly Moscow was able to mobilize a force and...

MOSCOW — The Democratic National Convention was in scandal last week after WikiLeaks released thousands of hacked emails between DNC members, showing what many believed to be corruption in the party’s inner workings. The leak led to the resignation of the party’s chairwoman and a lot of bad press for Hillary Clinton, but while...

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is demanding unfettered access across eastern Ukraine after one of its monitoring missions there was threatened at gunpoint by Russia-backed separatists. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

Since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict began, the Kremlin has persistently tried to expand its control over Belarus, a process that has had quite the opposite effect as Belarusian government policy became more independent in 2014-2015. There has always existed a paradox in the simultaneous contingence and estrangement in Belarusian-Russian...